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L. RIGOLLET. Billiard Cue Gutter and Clamp.

No. 233,5 54. Patented Oct. 19, I880.

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LEON RIGOLLET, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

BlLLlARD-CUE CUTTER AND CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 233,554, dated October 19, 1880. Application filed August 26, 1880. (N0 model.) Patented in France July 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Leon RieoLLn'r, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard-Cue Gutters and Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cutters for billiard-cues in which the knife is secured to a shell in which the end of the one is inserted; and it further relates to that class of cue-tip fasteners or holders in which the cues are arranged in a stand and their tips clamped upon the cues.

My invention consists in a cylindrical shell provided with a knife or cutter, an adjustable rest or guide for supporting the end of the cue, and a set-screw for adjusting said guide. A file or scraper is also provided.

It also consists in a clamp or ,press for adjusting pads to billiard-cues, c 'nsisting of a bar or base-plate, standards (one or more) rising from said bar or base-plate, an adjustable bar or plate supported on said standards and forming the bearings for the clampingscrews, and adjusting screws or nuts for regulating the position of said adjustable bar or plate on the standards.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of the clamp or press. Figs. 2 and 3 are detached views of the bars connecting the standards of said clamp. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of the cutting-tool. Fig. 5 is a front View thereof. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letters a a, Fig. 1, designate uprights or standards rising from the bar I). This bar is formed with recesses 7c, for receiving the thick ends of the cues g. These standards a, a support at their upper ends a bar, b, which forms the bearings for clamping-screws e e, which can be caused to press upon the pads to be glued or otherwise fastened to the small ends of the cues g.

The upper ends of the standards a a. are provided with screw-threads for the accommodation of nuts f f and counter-nuts f whereby the position of the bar 6 can be adj usted to accommodate cues of varyinglengths between it and the bar 1).

When the pads are glued or fastened onto the cues, I insert the small end of the cue, with the pad attached, into the opening A of the cutting-tool. The cue rests on the adjustable guide D, and its end comes into contact with the cutterB, secured in a mortise through two cylindrical shells, when, by revolving the cue, the edge of the pad is pared ofi level with the surface of the one. This cutting-tool consists of a cylindrical shell, of metal or other suitable material, which is provided with a cutter, B.

An adjustable guide, D, is provided,on which the cue is made to rest. E is a set-screw for regulating the position of the guide D.

If'desired, the guide D may be fixed, and the cutter B movable.

In order to level the ends of the cues the tool is provided with a file or scraper, G, near its opening F.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A billiard-cue trimmer consisting of a cylindrical shell provided with a knife or cutter, B, secured in a mortise formed through the shell, and the adjustable rest or guide 'D, with the set-screw E applied to the said guide or rest, and passing through one side of the shell, substantially as described.

2. A billiard-cue trimmer comprising a cylindri cal shell provided with an adjustable rest, D, for the cue, a cue-trimming knife, B, intermediate of the ends of the said shell,and a file or scraper, G, arranged within the shell between one of its ends and the knife, substantially as shown and described.

3. The clamp or press for billiard-cues, comprising the standards a a, the cross-bars b b, the nuts ff, and the clamping-screw 6, passing through the upper cross-bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

L. BIGOLLET. [L. s.]

Witnesses B. ll/IARTIN, BONNEVILLE. 

